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HISTORY

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The idea for organizing the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival was first conceived in 2002 among film enthusiasts from the Bosnian-Herzegovinian diaspora in San Francisco and New York City. The late Benjamin Filipović, an award-winning film director, professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, and president of the Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, inspired the first film festival.


In 2003, Dr. Džemaludin Harba invited representatives of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian community in New York to a brainstorming meeting regarding a potential festival of Bosnian and Herzegovinian film. This group of volunteers and the Radio Voice of Bosnia and Herzegovina together produced the first annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) that same year. Following its debut, in 2005 the BHFF became a co-production between Radio Voice of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 
 

In 2003, BHFF was held at the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre. The following year, BHFF moved to larger premises at the Anthology Film Archives, known as an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video. In 2007, BHFF relocated to Tribeca Cinemas, one of New York City's highly regarded film institutions. 2020, we organized 1st virtual BHFF NY.

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19th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives

April 12 - April 15, 2023

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18th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives

April 20 - April 24, 2022

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SPECIAL EDITION

THE BEST OF BHFF

A retrospective of our times

April 20 - May 31, 2021

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17th Annual BHFF
VIRTUAL EDITION - Anthology Film Archives

October 27 - November 01, 2020

16th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives

April 10 - April 13, 2019

15th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives

April 11 - April 14, 2018

14th Annual BHFF

SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives

April 12 - April 15, 2017

13th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives

May 25 - May 28, 2016

12th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 21 - May 23, 2015

11th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 1 - May 3, 2014

10th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 9 - May 11, 2013

9th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 3 - May 5, 2012

8th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 13 - May 14, 2011

7th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 14 - May 15, 2010

6th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 15 - May 16, 2009

5th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 9 - May 10, 2008

4th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas

May 11 - May 12, 2007

3rd Annual BHFF

Anthology Film Archives

May 19 - May 21, 2006

2nd Annual BHFF
Anthology Film Archives

April 29 - April 31, 2005

1st Annual BHFF
Pioneer Theatre

October 24 - October 26, 2003

Donate by writing a check payable to:
Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
55-23 31st Avenue 6D
Woodside, NY 11377 

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